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Happy Place by Emily Henry
2.5

Extremely underwhelmed. Here's my overview on why I did not like it.

- Every character is super cliche
- The trope of no communication is my absolute least favorite (will expand on below with hidden spoilers)
- None of them-- NONE-- were people I would want to be friends with
- The mental health issue in this book felt almost thrown in, and the explanation the character used felt very surface level
- Harriet and Wyn both suck. Yup I said it.

Now for the spoilers
Wyn and Harriet have absolutely NO business being together. NONE! Their whole relationship is based on sex and lust and fairy tales. I am not against character breaking up and getting back together-- I mean they were not broken up that long-- but based on why they broke up it made me ask myself Did they even talk to each other?

I mean for God's sake, they truly never had an honest conversation as a couple. Harriet NEVER seemed to care about what Wyn wanted. She could see he was slipping away and just pretended like nothing happened. And it was also super annoying that she went all the way through med school to decide she didn't like it. You put yourself in all that debt because you also never had a conversation with your parents about what you want to do in life. She made it sound like her childhood was a prison sentence. 

But shall we talk about Wynn? Wyn clearly was not happy in big cities and continued to not say anything. Never said a word about his wants and dreams. Continuously called himself dumb and downplayed himself. And I know his character has depression and self deprecating talk is a symptom. But it just felt very surface level.